May 20, 1999
I rushed into HQ, suit not properly fixed. Agents were staring at me, I just gave them all an awkward smile and rushed away.
I found May in the inventory. She was there, not really the place I would expect her to be. I checked all the usual places to find her but she wasn't there. I bumped into a newbie, a light-blond haired female agent. I deduced she was a newbie because she asked for directions to the cells, something everyone should know.
I entered the inventory and saw May. She was in a flesh suit. Not that it was anything special, I mean she wore it most of the time like it's her favorite suit or something.
I pushed back a box of grenades into the shelf as I walked in. I was still fixing my shoe so I was hopping. Me hopping led to me knocking over a box full of dummy bombs like the one May made me defuse yesterday.
Well... yesterday then... years ago for me now, well at time of writing.
I knocked over the boxes and May watched as I awkwardly put back the boxes. After I finished she looked at me like a mother watching her child clean up the mess he just made.
Harlan: May.
May: Harlan. Good morning.
I sighed.
May: Quite a night was it? You finally won a bet, you then brought me to a pub, ordered some drinks, a little too much drinks, got drunk and-
Harlan: I woke up with no memory of what happened...
I looked at her, an annoyed smile on my face... then it changed into a face of fear.
Harlan: Oh god... did I?
May: Did you what?
Harlan: Did I...?
May: Did you what?
Harlan: Did I...?
May looked at me.
May: Oh.
Her face changed to a more joyous face.
May: OOOOOOH! You mean-
Harlan: Yes!
May: And you think that you-
Harlan: Maybe.
May: -did something...-
Harlan: Did I?
May bit her lower lip holding back her laughter. She got some files and laughed as she walked away. I followed her.
Harlan: C'MON! TELL ME!
May: I don't know Harlan... Do I know?
Harlan: Don't you?
May walked in front of me and stopped.
May: I mean... maybe you did something, maybe you didn't. It won't be fun if I just told you right now. I wanna keep you guessing.
I looked at her, then my eyes moved down to the papers and folder she was holding.
Harlan: What were you doing in there anyways?
I grabbed the papers and the folder from her and read them. It was the inventory list. Everything in the inventory and how many of it this base of T.H.E.P.A. has.
I skimmed through it, all normal except one part.
Harlan: Some bombs have been taken.
May: Says here twenty-five bombs were delivered and added to the inventory.
Harlan: Remote?
May: Yeah. But no change... no twenty-five new bombs.
I checked the other pages, nothing else was taken.
May: I dunno, maybe a delay on the shipment and some idiot forgot to put it down.
May chuckled.
Harlan: Huh. And what's this...
I was going to open the folder but May grabbed them from me.
May: Ah-ah! I'm afraid that's classified.
Harlan: And what is so classified that-
May: My next case, that's what's so classified.
Bullshit. I was calling bullshit.
Harlan: Bullshit! You weren't assigned-
May: Well I was. Well this morning. My dad called me a while ago. The agent assigned dropped the case and no one else was available so... just till someone picks it up.
May smiled.
Harlan: And we're sure you didn't get them.
May: Excuse me?
Harlan: The bombs. Are we sure you didn't take them?
May: What the hell are you-
Harlan: I don't know... for someone who is really good at disarming bombs... don't you get bored with dummy bombs and just wanna-
May slammed the papers on my head. She knew I was joking but still.
Harlan: Sorry.
May: Thank you. Now if you will excuse me, I've got shit to do.
May started walking away. I rushed to get in front of her.
Harlan: Where are you going?
May: I just told you, got shit to do.
Harlan: Like?
May stopped and sighed.
May: Look, I just gotta interrogate someone for today. Hopefully. My dad said he'll pass it on to someone as soon as possible. But I think I'll just try to get it over with.
Harlan: Why? So you can base your next fanfiction on this?
May: IT IS NOT-
Harlan: Kinda is fanfiction.
May: IT IS NOT FANFICTION! These are real original stories created and written by me-
Harlan: Heavily influenced by ideas and events you've seen or encountered. You just change things like names and dates to-
May: Well this one is new.
Harlan: What is it? Guy sees an alternate timeline version of himself, who is a lady, and they both fall in love?
May was the type who would quickly have a comeback, but she didn't. She just opened her mouth as though to say something, but she said nothing.
Harlan: It is?!
May: OH SHUT UP!
Harlan (laughing): HOLY SHIT, IT IS!
May rolled her eyes.
May: So... any reason why you're here?
Harlan: Yeah, Forster came back from his mission-
May: Oooh!
Harlan: -yeah, and he's...-
A door was opened. Me and May looked to see what was going on. Two T.H.E.P.A. agents came out with a prisoner. A lady.
Clair Delvey.
I looked at Clair. Dark-blond hair, pretty face, beautiful eyes. Sbe looked at me, then winked. The agents dragged her away towards, past me and May. I turned back to watch as they dragged her away.
May: Hey? Earth to dummy! You still here?
I turned back to May.
Harlan: Yeah, I'm good. I'll- I'll see you later.
May: Harlan, where the hell are you-
Harlan: I'll see you later!
May: Harlan, I-
I patted May on the shoulder, and left May. May yelled something at me about her case but I didn't hear it. My mind was focused on the agents and the dark-blond woman.